1092
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 56

Rural Lands in the Wellington Land District open for Sale or Selection.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one hundred and thirty-sixth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, having received the report of the Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section is provided, do hereby declare that the rural lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the twenty-ninth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three; and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase or on lease in perpetuity, or, in respect of any lands containing or supposed to contain any metal, mineral, or valuable stone, be selected on lease in perpetuity only; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventh day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Abolishing Awatere Rabbit Board.—Notice No. 374.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this eleventh day of July, 1893.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS under the provisions of “The Rabbit Nuisance Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1886” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), the Chief Inspector of the sheep district within which the Awatere Rabbit District is included has reported to the Governor that the Board of the said rabbit district is not taking the necessary steps [to secure the destruction of rabbits in such district]: And whereas it appears expedient to make provision in manner hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power conferred by section 31 of the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that on and after the thirteenth day of July instant the provisions of Part II. of the said Act shall cease to be in operation in that part of the colony known as the Awatere Rabbit District.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Trustee for the Oxford Cemetery appointed.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the sixth section of “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

FRANK GARLICK

to be a Trustee, in the place of Benjamin McGrath, deceased, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Oxford Public Cemetery, in conjunction with the other persons appointed by warrant under the hand of His Excellency the Governor on the twenty-second day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th July, 1893.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ANDREW McKENZIE

to be Deputy of Robert Charles Black, Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Greytown.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Inspector of Weights and Measures, Southland, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th July, 1893.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable MICHAEL GREENE

to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures, under “The Weights and Measures Act, 1868,” and the Acts amending the same, for the Counties of Southland, Wallace, Fiord, and Stewart Island, and for all boroughs therein, vice Sergeant E. Macdonnell.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Visiting Justice appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 5th July, 1893.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

FRANCIS TRASK, Esq., J.P.,

to be a Visiting Justice of Her Majesty’s prison at Nelson.

W. P. REEVES.

Visiting Justice appointed.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 6th July, 1893.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Lieutenant-Colonel JOHN MACKINTOSH ROBERTS, R.M.,

to be a Visiting Justice of Her Majesty’s police gaol at Tauranga.

W. P. REEVES.